From a
register description language (RDL) input, Blueprint generates various outputs
for hardware design, software development, verification and documentation.

About Altair Engineering
Through product design consulting, advanced engineering software and high
performance computing technologies, Altair Engineering increases innovation
for clients around the globe.

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A new 'Archive Project' command automatically consolidates all project
documents within a compressed zip file. Blueprint automates the generation
of accurate , consistent specifications and integration views that are key for
rapid integration of IP.

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Available as a free
download to existing licensed Altium Designer Nexar, Protel, CircuitStudio
and CAMtastic customers, SP4 includes over 100 new features and
enhancements to improve collaboration between design teams and make
electronic product development faster and more efficient.com/Contacts/SalesOfficesResellers /.

Pricing and Availability
Blueprint is available now and is priced at $500,000 per year for an
enterprise site license.

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"The powerful features and enhancements included in this
service pack improve collaboration within design teams and make the overall
electronic product development process easier and more efficient. Founded in 1985,
Altium released the world's first Microsoft Windows -based printed circuit
board design tool in 1991, and continues to provide advanced, easy-to-use
and affordable software design tools for complete electronic product
development to electronics engineers , designers, and developers worldwide. Denali acquired the technology
license for commercial product deployment. Telephone: 650-461-7200.

Job Arrays Function - PBS Professional now supports Job Arrays. Job
Arrays is a mechanism for grouping related work, allowing the user to submit,
query , modify and display a set of jobs as a single unit. "We will be releasing tighter
integrations with additional MPI libraries in our next couple of releases as
well. The company's grid computing software , PBS
Professional(TM), is a workload management solution for high performance
computing environments , Linux clusters and desktop cycle harvesting that
delivers an ROI within one year.

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New commands include 'Push Part to Sheet', that makes it easy to replace a
component with a sheet symbol, automatically creating an additional
subsheet containing the displaced component and maintain overall
connectivity . For documentation, Blueprint outputs files
compatible with user templates for Framemaker, MS-Word , HTML, XML or SGML
based documentation.

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is the world's leading provider of EDA tools and
Intellectual Property (IP) solutions for chip interface design, integration
and verification .

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altium. The vast numbers of on-chip
registers that are part of all complex designs define the software interface
to the chip, and usually represent the largest portion of the chip
specification or programmers guide."

About Denali Blueprint
Denali Blueprint is a third-generation software product, and has been used
successfully in numerous large SoC designs.
The Blueprint architecture is extensible because of a well-defined
object-oriented architecture, enabling design teams to customize and create
new code generators for their particular applications. We believe the new Job Array functionality provided with
version 7.0 is a
continuation of our focus to add resiliency to our product and make it easier
for systems administrators," stated Dr.

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0 continues to raise the standard of workload
management solutions by delivering significant advancements. Bioinformatics , financial services and animation customers who manage
very large workloads will realize significant productivity gains with this
release," said Michael Humphrey, vice president of enterprise computing for
Altair.0 release of PBS Professional.

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"Blueprint
represents a pragmatic approach to ESL, offering immediate gains in
productivity and quality without requiring a methodology overhaul.
For design , Blueprint produces synthesizable Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL
code for control registers and also generates Open Verification Library (OVL)
assertions that ensure the correct operation of the register and generated
logic.denali.0 includes
tighter integration with the following MPI libraries:
* MPICH running on Intel and AMD based Linux clusters
* IBM POE running on IBM systems running AIX

"The MPI integration work released in PBS Professional 7."

SGI Altix specific features - PBS Professional is the preferred workload
manager for SGI's Altix systems.

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Blueprint eliminates tedious and
error-prone processes of manually managing registers, and enables design,
verification and firmware teams to work more efficiently from consistent and
synchronized views of the chip design.
"Here at the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), we deployed
PBS Professional on our 1,048-CPU IBM 1350 eCluster supercomputer to manage a
diverse workload . This tighter integration within PBS
Professional 7.

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About Altium Limited

Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) is a global developer and supplier of electronics
design software for the Microsoft Windows environment.
Altium is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and has sales and support
offices in Australia, the United States, Japan, Europe and China. Email:
info@denali.

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"Altium Designer Service Pack 4 is yet another example of Altium's
commitment to responding to our customers needs and bringing the best and
latest technology to their design desktops," said Nick Martin, founder and
CEO, Altium. Its Databahn(TM) Design IP products offer fully configurable
design cores for complex interfaces such as Serial ATA II and DDR-based memory
systems. PBS Professional 7. PBS Professional 7.

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At the PCB level, SP4 introduces real-time, 3D component clearance checking
when placing parts.altium.

Altium, Altium Designer, CAMtastic, CircuitStudio, Design Explorer, DXP ,
LiveDesign, NanoBoard, NanoTalk, Nexar, nVisage, P-CAD, Protel, Situs,
TASKING, and Topological Autorouting and their respective logos are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Altium Limited or its subsidiaries.
More details of the Blueprint technology are addressed in an open webcast ,
now available online at: http://www.com/blueprint .com.com .

About PBS Professional
PBS Professional is an intelligent workload management and batch queuing
solution for numerically intense compute environments.

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For more
information, please visit www.com .

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Altium Limited (ASX: ALU), a leading
developer of Windows-based electronics design software, today announced the
release of Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Altium Designer, the single, unified
application that incorporates all the technologies and capabilities
necessary for complete electronic product development."

SP4 key features at a glance

-- Improved design team support with the new file locking option
-- Improved project management and portability with the new 'Archive
Project' wizard
-- New Default Document feature, which allows users to define defaults
for all document-kinds , including projects
-- Improved control of the 99SE import process
-- Full 3-dimensional component clearance checking can be performed with
introduction of the new Component Body object
-- Enhanced PCB editing, click to select a component or net object on the
PCB and that component or net will select in the PCB panel as well
-- Enhanced schematic hierarchy management with the new 'Push Part to
Sheet' and 'Rename Child Sheet' commands
-- Stronger global editing capabilities
-- Click-and-drag component toolbar building
-- Extended HDL design capabilities; the new Altium Synthesizer has been
introduced, which supports both VHDL and Verilog (Verilog2001)
-- Improved vendor independence with the addition of support for Lattice
EC and ECP devices
-- Improved Altera device support with the addition of support for the
Altera MAX II devices

Pricing and Availability

Service Pack 4 is available free of charge for immediate download to all
existing licensed Altium Designer customers from
http://www.altium., Denali Software Inc.
Created for chip developers, Blueprint addresses all elements of register
management, including description and generation of control register logic,
assertions and verification models, firmware interfaces , and the accurate
documentation necessary for system-level design. More than 400 companies worldwide use Denali's tools,
technology, and services to design and verify complex chip interfaces for
communication , consumer, and computer products.0 broadens our market appeal with the addition of Job
Arrays.0 provides a higher level of
integration with select MPI libraries, resulting in improved resiliency under
a variety of system failure modes. Bill Nitzberg, chief technology
officer for Altair Grid Technologies .

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Pragmatic ESL Product Increases Efficiency, Quality of Complex Chip Designs

PALO ALTO, Calif . Blueprint automates the generation and management of
the hundreds, and often thousands, of control registers used in complex chip
designs as a source for efficiency improvements in system-on-chip (SoC)
design. For
software, Blueprint generates headers, classes with access methods and a
complete Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) to enable software developers to be
productive as soon as the architecture is defined and isolate them from
low-level design changes. This release
includes:
* expanded capacity for very large workloads
* enhanced integration with MPI libraries
* extended support for unique features within SGI's Altix environment

"PBS Professional 7.

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This allows easy movement of the
design between PCs, or archiving of a completed project.

Schematic editing has been enhanced to include the automation of common
rework operations on schematic designs, reducing errors and design time. For several years, our
Seamless and Platform Express customers have enjoyed a very complementary
relationship with Denali's products, and we see that same synergy with
Blueprint , especially for IP-based design. This type of product can provide significant value
for both IP providers and IP consumers. This new feature is
particularly useful for users who submit and manage very large quantities of
related jobs.0 includes additional new
features unique to the Altix environment:
* Support SGI's Process Aggregation Groups (PAGG) on Altix systems
* Support SGI's ProPack 4 for Altix systems
* Integration with SGI's CSA for Altix systems

"Altix customers have selected PBS Professional for their workload
management requirements because Altair has continuously added new features to
exploit the scalability and performance of our Altix systems.

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A new 'Rename Child Sheet' command allows the user to change
the filename of a subsheet and optionally update all sheet symbols in the
project or workspace. These commands guarantee the integrity of updates and
lessen the risk of errors and the time taken to reorganize a schematic.com/Products/AltiumDesigner /ServicePacks/. He can be reached at 650-283-3488 or via email at kevin@denali.

MPI Library Integration - PBS Professional 7. Founded in 1985 and privately held with offices
throughout 13 countries, Altair's unparalleled knowledge and expertise in
product development and manufacturing extend throughout North America, Europe
and Asia. For detailed information about Altair, visit
http: //www.

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The development of the new features and enhancements available within SP4
reflects the close cooperation Altium shares with its Altium Designer
community.

For pricing, please contact your local Altium Sales and Support Center or
Reseller, or visit http://www."
"It is critical for this industry to deliver significant productivity
gains across all aspects of chip design, including design, verification and
software development," remarks Denali CTO Mark Gogolewski. For more information , visit
Denali at http://www.com/pbspro .

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With this feature enabled, documents opened for
editing by one designer can be locked to prevent accidental overwriting by
other designers, thus improving overall work flow in which a number of
designers are working on a single project.
Additionally , Blueprint generates test cases for pre- and post-silicon
validation of the generated logic.0 will help us manage our bioinformatics jobs more efficiently and
allow our scientists to be more productive ," said James Lowey, manager for
high performance computing systems at TGen. For more information ,
please visit http://www.

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As a result of this cooperation, SP4 includes a range of new
team-targeted features such as document file locking to improve
collaborative design. For more
information on Altium Designer, visit
http://www.
For more details, contact Kevin Silver, Denali's vice president of
marketing.

About Denali
Denali Software Inc. Denali's PureSpec(TM) Verification IP product supports all complex
interfaces, including PCI Express, Advanced Switching Interconnect (ASI), USB,
Ethernet and Serial ATA. BOSTON, Altair Engineering, a global leader in
product design consulting, engineering software and high-performance computing
technology, today announced the release of PBS Professional(TM) 7.0 minimizes the need for epilogue scripts when a system failure
occurs within a set of nodes running a MPI job. We are pleased
to see Altair continue this trend with their 7.
Our partnership with Altair has been a win-win proposition for all parties
involved -especially our customers," said Anneka Dempsey, director of partner
relationships for SGI. As the developer of Altair(R) HyperWorks(R) - The Engineering
Framework for Product Design(TM), Altair is the leading provider of high-end,
open CAE software solutions for modeling, visualization, optimization and
process automation.

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Enhancements to component clearance checking rules
allow clearances in all directions to be monitored in real -time during
placement, enabling the effective stacking of components compliant with
height restrictions .com. "A key part of this value lies in
enabling integration with other best-in-class products.
Blueprint is an ESL tool in use by design, verification, software and
firmware engineers to automate the creation and management of control
registers and all associated models, design views and documentation .

Altair Engineering Releases PBS Professional Version 7.0 with Expanded Workload Capacity and Enhanced Systems Resiliency

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property of their respective owners, and no trademark rights to the same
are claimed.

Denali Launches Blueprint New Software for System-on-Chip Design

"There is a great deal of value in having a tool to generate the hundreds
or thousands of registers in today's ASIC designs," says Michael Uhler, chief
technology officer (CTO) at MIPS Technologies. "More importantly, Denali's
Blueprint product gives system designers the ability to automatically
synchronize and generate all the different views for these registers. Having
accurate documentation, assertions, field maps, and header file information
has a huge effect on both hardware and software developers -- it can
ultimately make or break a chips development schedule.com

NOTE: The Denali logo, Denali, Dataplex, Databahn , PureSpec and MMAV are
trademarks of Denali Software Inc.

Altair made this
announcement from the Bio-IT World Conference + Expo in Boston.altair.

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Designers can define the extent of components in terms
of multiple areas, heights and standoffs, creating a complex 3D 'envelope'
of the component body. today
introduced the latest advancement in electronic system level (ESL) design with
its Blueprint product.com.0, the next
generation of its Portable Batch System (PBS) technology that helps customers
optimize the utilization of enterprise computing environments by intelligently
aggregating and scheduling computational resources.altair.

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com/Products/AltiumDesigner/.denali."
"As a leading provider of SoC design and verification solutions, Mentor
Graphics is committed to delivering high -quality products that provide real
value to our customers," adds Serge Leef, general manager of the SoC
Verification Division at Mentor Graphics. For functional verification, Blueprint outputs models of the registers
for use in C/C++, SystemC, OpenVERA, 'e', Verilog, and SystemVerilog.

For more information, please contact:
Nanette Collins
Public Relations for Denali Software
617-437-1822
nanette@nvc. Denali acknowledges trademarks or
registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and
services.
PBS Professional 7. PBS Professional
efficiently manages computational workloads across local and distributed
Linux, UNIX and Windows-based HPC environments -- maximizing hardware and
software utilization and job turnaround efficiency.